After coming ashore, the little mermaid was pampered by his five fathers.

Sitting in the dining room, Lu Lingzhou and Mu Rui sat on either side of Xiao Ranran, while Mu Chen sat beside Lu Lingzhou.

"Give me some food. If you can't finish it, you're not leaving today."

He's stingy, huh? He'll make you feel suffocated.

Murui looked at the eight dishes and one soup on the table, then at the two adults and two children, and her lips twitched.

"Mr. Lu, there's no need to take it so seriously."

Lu Lingzhou wouldn't listen, "I'll take it seriously, what can you do about it?"

"What's wrong, Mr. Mu? Are you scared? You can't even finish this little bit of food?"

Murray: ...

Damn it, my hands are itching, I want to punch someone.

The two men locked eyes, sparks flying, and a great battle seemed imminent.

"Beep beep."

A childish voice interrupted their eye contact, successfully diverting their attention to a certain little dumpling.

They said in unison, "Yes, Dad's here."

"Little Darling is calling me!"

"Ranran was calling for me!"

Lu Lingzhou and Mu Rui locked eyes, neither willing to give in.

Mu Chen, standing to the side, kept his head down and ate his rice, trying to minimize his presence.

This is terrifying, absolutely terrifying. How am I going to live from now on?

Xiao Ranran looked up in confusion. Why were they ignoring her?

The little hand gently tugged at Lu Lingzhou's clothes, "smack smack".

Feeling the tugging of his clothes, Lu Lingzhou lowered his head, then happily patted the little guy's cheek, "Hey, Daddy's here, what's wrong, little darling?"

At the same time, he looked at Mu Rui with a provocative gaze, as if to say, "See? Xiao Guai called me."

Murui gripped her chopsticks tightly, gritted her teeth, and was furious.

But Ranran made the first move.

"Bang, sizzle~"

Xiao Ranran tugged at Murui's clothes, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him.

Murray felt much better after that.

"Okay, Dad will eat now."

"Ranran, what do you want to eat? Daddy will put some on Ranran's plate."

"Fish~"

"Fish, right? Okay."

Murui picked up the serving chopsticks and started serving food to Xiao Ranran, looking quite pleased with himself.

After the meal, Lu Lingzhou looked at the unfinished food on the table and sneered, "Mr. Mu, you're not good enough, you can't even finish this much."

Murui, who was in a good mood, was upset again by one of his words.

He suddenly reached out and snatched little Ranran from his arms, holding her close. "Ranran, come on, Daddy will take you out to play."

"snort."

After saying that, he picked up Ranran and left.

Lu Lingzhou was left sitting alone in his seat.

He was incredulous and somewhat angry, pointing angrily at Mu Rui and then at Mu Chen, "This is going too far! Openly robbing me?"

Mu Chen didn't know what to say, so he could only agree, "Yes, that's too much."

"Go, Uncle Lu! I'm going upstairs to collect the baby's clothes. I'm watching you!"

After saying that, he ran away quickly, not daring to delay for even a moment, for fear of asking him some questions he couldn't answer.

Lu Lingzhou: Don't think I can't see that you're just giving me the runaround.

It was already dark, and the streetlights outside Lu Garden were on, illuminating the small courtyard.

Little Ranran held Murui's hand and walked slowly along the path, even picking at the flowers around them with great interest.

But he wouldn't pick them; instead, he would stroke the flowers.

"Fa Fa" (发发)

"Ranran, do you want some flowers? Do you want Daddy to pick some for you?" Murui asked.

Xiao Ranran shook her head, patted the flower petals, withdrew her hand, and continued walking forward.

The flower petals swayed, causing the flowers above to sway as well. As they swayed, some fine gold dust fell, only to disappear quickly.

Arriving at the stream, Xiao Ranran interacted with the goldfish again.

Murui looked at the small figure squatting on the ground, and suddenly smiled as if he had just thought of something.

He walked over and squatted down beside him. "Ranran, how about you come home to sleep with Daddy tonight?"

Ranran looked up in confusion. This is Ranran's home. Where are we going?

Seeing the little guy's confusion, Murui took his hand, pulled him close, and hugged him. "This is Daddy's home, the place Daddy took you to last time."

"You know, Dad hasn't seen you in so long and misses you a lot. Luckily, Dad is free tomorrow, so I'd like to play with Ranran by himself. Will Ranran agree? If not, Dad will have to go home alone tonight."

"I heard there are scary things at night, and Dad is a little scared."

As she spoke, she hugged Xiao Ranran tightly, looking genuinely frightened.

Little Ranran was completely fooled by him, hugging Murui's neck tightly with her little hands and patting his back.

"Okay~"

"Bang bang, no, I'm scared."

Murui smiled and hugged the little baby in front of him. "Yes, Daddy's not scared. Ranran will protect Daddy, right?"

"Our Ranran is amazing, she can protect her dad now."

"Daddy is so happy, Ranran is the best little darling."

The constant praise made the little guy a bit giddy, almost losing himself in the process.

He's not that amazing.

Seeing the little guy's rosy cheeks, Murui immediately gave him a kiss.

"My baby is so good."

"Come on, let's go home with Dad."

"Um."

The little guy cupped his face and nodded emphatically.

Murui knew that if he told Lu Lingzhou that he wanted to take Ranran away, he would definitely disagree. So, he carried little Ranran and walked directly to the front gate.

The bodyguards at the gate saw that it was Mu Rui and did not stop him, assuming that he was taking the young master out for a walk. Besides, the head of the family had also given instructions that Mu Rui could freely enter and leave Lu Garden.

Murui carried Xiao Ranran and swaggered out of the carved iron gate of Lu Garden, walking leisurely as if he were just out for a stroll.

However, the next second, Murui got into the car parked on the side of the road, put Xiao Ranran in the back seat, started the car, stepped on the gas, and the car shot off instantly.

The bodyguard at the door was dumbfounded and quickly went to find Lu Lingzhou.

A moment later, Lu Yuan let out a furious roar.

"Mu! Rui!"

After making several turns, Murui stopped the car at a certain point, carefully secured Xiao Ranran in her car seat, then started the car again and sped away.

Little Ranran thought Murui was playing with him, and he waved his little hand happily.

Arriving home safely and entering the house, Mu Rui then answered Lu Lingzhou's call.

"Mu Rui! Give me back my son!" Lu Lingzhou roared angrily on the other end of the phone, like a dinosaur about to breathe fire, extremely fierce.

Murui looked at the little guy wandering around his room, his gaze gentle, and said loudly, "What do you mean 'your son'? Ranran is my son too. Can't I, as his father, bring him home?"

"Besides, Ranran agreed to this."

"So, Ranran will sleep here tonight. Mr. Lu has been hogging Ranran for so long, it's time for me to take over. I'm also planning to take Ranran out for a day tomorrow, so don't miss her too much, Mr. Lu."

"Bye, bye-bye."

"Ranran, come and say goodnight to your father Lu."

Little Ranran walked over happily, leaned close to the phone, and said softly, "Bell, An'an~"

Before Lu Lingzhou could speak, Mu Rui hung up the phone, threw the phone on the bed, picked up Xiao Ranran, and said, "Let's take a bath."